House debates

Thursday, 16 May 2013

  • Agriculture (1 speech)
    The south-west of Western Australia produces some of the best food and wine in the nation. Members already know of the iconic Margaret River and Geographe wine regions, but they should also be...
  • Griffith Electorate: Playing Fields (1 speech)
    I rise today to inform the parliament of the Liberal National Party's plans to privatise a number of school playing fields on Brisbane's south side. Unilaterally, the Liberal National Party...
  • Centenary of Anzac (1 speech)
    My comments today are slightly different from those of the member for Griffith, whom I follow, in that I am going to commend the federal government for one of its programs. I stand here today on...
  • Human Rights (1 speech)
    There can be no more important public discourse on human rights than that associated with the death penalty and the lives of our citizens. The right to life is a fundamental human right...
  • Parkes Electorate: Life Skills Mudgee, Slim Dusty (1 speech)
    I would like to raise two issues in the debate this morning. Firstly, I would like to draw the attention of the House to the situation that the Life Skills organisation in Mudgee find themselves...
  • Beef Industry (1 speech)
    Before I start on the contribution I am here to make, I want to give my absolute support to the honourable member for Parkes's proposal to make 13 June national Slim Dusty Day. I wish to put on...